Stand By Your Van

This is the coolest thing I've seen on Craigslist all day.

http://newhaven.craigslist.org/cto/4836447731.html

Hmmmmm.......

The wife and I are planning a cross country road trip for next year. That looks like it would be fun...

Update: I sent her that link. She responded "OMG it's perfect"

I knew I made a good choice

There's one of these that lives a few doors down the street. Love the "utility"look of these. Also appears that the seller is being upfront about what it needs.

Could it be the second coming of Bat-Van?

Cool van. I'd like to have one, but probably not for cross country trips...those things were pretty primitive, and riding right above the front wheels inside a metal boom box doesn't make for a very luxurious ride.

You could always get an A100 and shove a V8 in it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-Zw9GW2koM

I think my cousin still has one of those sitting in storage at a friends place. I should really find out if he is really attached to it.

After riding in a 12 second a100 dodge I actually fear these things with any power. I think they look cool but launching one feels weird as hell sitting up over the axle!

Wheelie bars, man, wheelie bars.

A local Mopar guy has run one of those with a built 440 for years, it runs 10s all day long

Very cool, but the real reason I checked this thread out was because of the epic title.

Thats what I would do

Datsun1500 wrote: I bet that is painted like the scooby doo van within 6 months

I used one to haul my dirt bike around. Low hanging branch hit my hand ripping a hole between my ring finger and the finger finger. Too tired and bloody to push it up the ramp so I drove it. Got to the roof, feet on the bumper and figured I'd just pop the clutch to stall it and then climb down.

Pop the clutch, wheel spins 1/8 turn, kicks the ramp out, rear tire drops, I go upside down with a motorcycle on top of me in the parking lot.

I really, really want another one.

Dan

I've just gotta say that's an A+ thread title.

saw in in California a few years back that was an old Coca-Cola service van. Red with the white wave stripe down the whole side with just the right patina. So cool.

Who wants some candy?

N Sperlo wrote: Very cool, but the real reason I checked this thread out was because of the epic title.

I can take no credit for that. It was pilfered from Sublime.

conesare2seconds wrote: Wheelie bars, man, wheelie bars.

Knew a guy in high school that did that with a Chevy van like the first thread shown. Yeah, it would wheelstand.

Wow. Nice share. While in high school I worked at a bike shop, and the owner had one of those--that and a Big Healey in red-oxide primer.

Id do it up like the old Ninja Turtle van.